Coathanger
Wreathby Sunni Bergeron

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Step 5. Bend
the hook so it resembles a closed loop and set the hanger aside. See
Figure 1.

Step 6. Pick
up the yarn and the cardboard. Place the end of the yarn at the bottom of
the cardboard (exact is not necessary) and wrap the yarn around 10 times.
See Figure 2.

Step 7. Cut
the yarn so the end you are snipping is at the top of the cardboard (again
- exact is not necessary). See Figure 2.

Step 8. Grab
the two ends and tie them together with a square knot right in the middle
of the cardboard. Be sure to leave plenty of tail. See Figure
3.

Step 9. Slip
the yarn off the cardboard and cinch the loops at the waist using the two
ends you tied in a knot. A simple half-knot is all you need right now. See
Figure 4.

Step 10. Pick
up the hanger and tie the loops to it with the two ends of yarn. Use a quilter's
knot to secure them. See Figure 5.

Step 11. Push
the yarn as far up as you can. See Figure 1.

Step 12. Repeat
Steps 6 through 11 until the wreath looks the way you want it to.

Step 13. Decorate
or not according to your taste. This wreath can be done in any color for Christmas,
weddings, Easter, whatever.

NOTE: For
a variation on a theme - use a box of 200 sandwich baggies instead (not zip
top). Just tie them on higgledy-piggledy and push them up until you can't
fit anymore on. Voila! You have a weatherproof wreath and it is quite pretty!